ground ball
Example Sentences
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He got Jake Bauers to hit a ground ball to the right side of the field, but it found a hole to drive in the go-ahead run.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Yamamoto got Chase Meidroth to chase a slider, hitting a ground ball to shortstop Mookie Betts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
On a broken-bat ground ball from Alejandro Kirk, with runners on the corners and one out in the inning, he finally did.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2025
With runners on the corner and one out in the bottom of the 11th, he induced a routine ground ball to shortstop off the bat of Alejandro Kirk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
Ben-Ben swings at the next pitch and smokes a hard ground ball past their first baseman into right field for a base hit.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
